The fascists' press baron Friday, 22 November, 2024 The following letter was published in The New Statesman on 22 November. Lord Northcliiffe was the greatest press baron of his time, but cannot be censured for supporting fascism. It got substantial press backing from elsewhere. Alison Phillips (The Critics, 8 November) states that “Northcliffe supported Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts and the Nazis”. That would have been difficult since Northcliffe... Articles
Righting wrongs for more gay people 17th September 2021 On 7 September, Alistair Lexden spoke of the injustices done in the past to homosexual members of the Armed Forces ( see below). Exactly a week later, on 14... Speeches
Independent schools: answering the critics 17th September 2021 Writing as a guest columnist in the September issue of The Independent Schools Magazine, Alistair Lexden set out some of the points that supporters of... Articles
Preserving England's historic counties 16th September 2021 There are 39 counties which have been in existence since Norman times, a thousand years ago. As a result of local government changes in the 20th century, new... Speeches
9/11 attack - Historical reflections in 2001 and 20 years on 13th September 2021 Alistair Lexden (then Alistair Cooke) wrote to The Daily Telegraph about Afghanistan in September 2001. The paper asked him to reflect in a further letter on... Articles
The Great Duke as Prime Minister 10th September 2021 The following letter was published in The New Statesman on 10 September. Philip Collins (The Public Square, 27 August) states that Wellington “became prime... Articles
Reparation for gay servicemen 8th September 2021 Over several centuries, many homosexual members of the Armed Forces – it is impossible to know exactly how many — were convicted and punished under appalling... Speeches
Falsifying history - the BBC and the Nuremberg trials 3rd September 2021 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 3 September. SIR - Charles Moore (Notebook, August 31) is right to castigate the playwright who has... Articles
A cricket captain's electoral disaster 31st August 2021 Ted Dexter, a memorable England cricket captain in the early 1960s, had an unfortunate encounter with the electorate in a Cardiff seat at the 1964 general... Articles
Churchill defeats the historians 20th August 2021 Around a thousand books have been written about him, and yet Churchill still lacks a really satisfactory biography. That is partly because his life had so many... Articles
